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Now There's a Helium Shortage and It Affects More Than Balloons | Odd Lots

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US designates helium as a critical material

▲ 230 pointsstory by rbanffyOct 26, 20261 comment mentionRead on HN ↗

“Good interview on the subject on Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast a few months back, "Now There's a Helium Shortage and It Affects More Than Balloons": > Ripple effects from the war in Iran and the closur…”— throw0101c, when sharing this video · read the comment ↗

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America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it

▲ 194 pointsstory by speckxOct 14, 20261 comment mentionRead on HN ↗

“See also National Helium Reserve, which was also sold: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Helium_Reserve It became a bit of a news item a few months ago: > Ripple effects from the war in Iran an…”— throw0101c, when sharing this video · read the comment ↗

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